Scottish Government

Guide to Transport Assessment for Development Proposals in Scotland

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Contents

Executive Summary

1.Scope and Form of this Guide
Overall Approach to Transport Assessment
Who Should Read the Guide?
Role of the Scottish Executive
Format of this Guide

2.Scope and Purpose of a Transport Assessment
Definition of a Transport Assessment
Importance of a Transport Assessment
What Should a Transport Assessment Do?
Transport Assessment and Traffic Impact Assessments

3.Legislative and national Policy context
National Transport Policy
Regional Transport Strategies
Planning Guidance
Transport Assessment and the Development Plan Process
Other Scottish Planning Guidance
Local Transport Strategies and Road Traffic Reduction Reports

4.Planning advice and other good practice context
Planning Advice Note 57: Transport and Planning (1999)
Other Relevant Technical Guides
Environmental Impact Assessments

5.The Transport Assessment process
The Transport Assessment Process: An Overview
Key Elements of the Transport Assessment Process
Outputs and Use of the Transport Assessment in Decision-Making
Revisions to a Transport Assessment
Monitoring

6.Scoping The transport assessment
Scoping Discussions
Deciding on the Scope and Form of a Transport Assessment
Criteria for a Transport Assessment
Other Purposes of Scoping Discussions

7.Issues in implementing transport assessments
Thresholds For Transport Assessments
Modal Share Targets
Change of Use
Speculative Development
Several Small Developments in Close Proximity
Freight

8.The changing role of stakeholders
Role of Developers
Role of the Local Authority
Role of Public Transport Operators

Bibliography and References

Appendix A Transport Assessment Form

Appendix B The Transport Assessment Process

Appendix C Data availability in Scotland

Appendix D Implementation issues

Appendix E Case Studies